References & Links


Links to Readings


Moody, K. (1999). The children of Telstar.New York: Vantage. Available online:http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/viewfile/44415


Previous ETEC 511 DLG projects



Some Possible Videos


Regarding Prensky's Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants


  • No sound for the 2nd one, but it gives a good, relatively quick overview of digital native/digital immigrants. This is not a concept everyone accepts fully, but there are a number of points that fit well into today's educational theories and concepts. We may not want to go in this direction with our project this week, just a thought.


  • here are some videos I looked up on Marshall Mcluhan - was thinking that perhaps we could include one or some of them to enhance our summary or discussion of his article? sorry - couldn't figure out to embed them (I need to get better at wikis!), so here are the links to them: (For this wiki, click the Widget tool, then select Video from the left menu. You need to copy the embed share link from YouTube; I'm done this for my 2 favourites)
  • Video #1 - McLuhan - the medium is the message - Canadian Heritage Moment. Would be a nice intro one maybe
  • Video #2 - Marshall McLuhan on the Today Show- his thoughts on a presidential televised debate, how it was too 'scripted', how he argued that the people organizing the debate had no idea what the medium was about - this clip is a bit long, don't know if it is off-topic (I watched earlier - a bit long & off topic I think)
  • Video #3 - Marshall McLuhan on Youtube - a nice, relatively quick highlight. Not so bad.
  • Video #4 - Retrobites (CBC) on Marshall McLuhan - interesting, but I don't know if this advances our work so much
  • Video #5 - Interview with Marshall McLuhan - I didn't gain any better insights into his thoughts after listening to this one.



REFERENCES (list to be included on wordpress blog)

McLuhan, M. (2001, 2006). The Medium is the Message. In M. Durham & D. Kellner (Eds.), Media and Cultural Studies: Key Works (pp. 107-116). Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Murphie, A. and Potts, J. (2003). Culture and technology (pp. 13-15). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Moody, K. (1999). The children of Telstar. New York: Vantage.

National Film Board of Canada (1991, March 31). Canadian Heritage Minute - Marshall McLuhan: The Medium is the Message. [Video file]. Retrieved from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtycdRBAbXk

Paul, R. (Executive Producer) & Petrina, S. (2002, October 11). The Magic Box: Technology in education (Sound Recording). Washington, D.C.: National Public Radio, Sound Prints.